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Mid-high
Place Englsih vowels on the Table of Cardinal Vowels below. Explain your choice.
High
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Mid-low
Low
Reference material:
1. С. Ф. Леонтьева. Теоретическая фонетика современного английского языка. М. Менеджер, 2002, СС. 56-81
2. М.А. Соколова. Теоретическая фонетика английского языка. М., Владос, 1996, СС. 59-88
3. Peter Roach. Phonetics and Phonology. CUP 2000, pp. 8-38
Unit 4. Sound Modifications in Connected Speech.
1. Modifications of vowels in connected speech.
ü factors determining changes of vowels in actual speech continuum
ü qualitative modifications Give examples.
ü quantitative modifications
ü reduction, assimilation, accommodation, stage-by-stage reduction
2. Sound alternations.
ü the definition, factors determining their existence
ü the notions of phonemic, allophonic and phonetic alternations Give examples.
ü typical sound changes (give a brief historical overview)
3. Morphophonology
ü the object of study
ü different concepts (the morphological school of Moscow, the Leningrad school, the Prague school). The
notions of phonemic neutralisation, фонетический ряд Аванесова, of the archiphoneme (Trubetskoy)
Give examples.
4. Stylistic modifications of sounds.
ü stylistic oppositions in pronunciation Give examples.
ü stylistic factors modifying the sound